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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2000 Audi A8 Recalls

The 2000 Audi A8 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 14, 2008.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Audi A8. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
2

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
3

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
0

1 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2000 Audi A8, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

2 recalls on the 2000 Audi A8

Power train: automatic transmission

Campaign
08V397000
Reported
August 14, 2008
Vehicles affected
up to 13,900
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2001–2003 A8

08V397000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: filler pipe and cap

Campaign
01V259000
Reported
August 15, 2001
Vehicles affected
up to 600
Same campaign
also 2001 A8

01V259000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2000 Audi A8 complaints by year

NHTSA has received 3 owner complaints about the 2000 Audi A8, the newest on October 21, 2011. Of these, 1 describe a fire.

In complaints about the 2000 Audi A8, the component group named most often is the fuel system, gasoline (33%), followed by the seats (33%) and the tires (33%).

1 of the 2000 Audi A8's 2 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Fuel System, Gasoline1
  • Seats1
  • Tires1

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2000 Audi A8 received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20041
20081
20111

Complaints about the 2000 Audi A8 peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 1. 0% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 5/5

The 3 complaints about the 2000 Audi A8 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Audi A8 by model year

Other 2000 Audi models

Newest record on this page: October 21, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted